"We can design our own campaign now, we have the resources to be able to do that," Carson said. "We’ll continue to build our organization around the country and build up our volunteer staff and grow in the natural way a successful campaign does."

Carson raised $20 million in the third quarter and plans an announcement soon on a new megadonor he has been courting for months, The Hill reported.

With that money, Carson's campaign plans to staff up and spend $750,000 in ads in the early votings states of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada.

Money is also being allocated to the so-called SEC primary states in the Southeast that will vote in March.

"We haven’t made any bones about it, we’re going to be aggressive in the early voting states," Carson’s communications director Doug Watts said. "We’re polling in first or second in all four, so we’re going to do whatever is necessary."

With his poll numbers soaring, GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson is expanding his campaign, The Hill reports.
We can design our own campaign now, we have the resources to be able to do that, Carson said. We'll continue to build our organization around the country and...